Shuttle hydrofoil with 112 people...

HYDROFOIL BURNS. A

November 5, 1986

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — HYDROFOIL BURNS. A shuttle hydrofoil with 112 people aboard caught fire and sank in the Rio de la Plata, killing four passengers and leaving 10 others missing, the Argentine coast guard reported. The vessel slowly went to the bottom of the 22-mile-wide river after it caught fire Sunday night on its route between Buenos Aires and Colonia, Uruguay. Five people were injured in the blaze, a coast guard spokesman said. A 2-year-old girl was among the dead, he said. The fire broke out in the vessel's engine room around 8 p.m. Sunday.